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Exceptional Platinum Shard
Item Level 1Binds when picked up
Quest
“A piece of platinum that is much larger than the pieces you normally harvest.”
Not sold on the Auction House
This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.
Requirements & Properties
- Begins a quest
- An Exceptional Platinum Shard
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Similar Items
The 10 items nearest to Exceptional Platinum Shard among Quest.
| Item | Item Level | Details | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exceptional Platinum Shard (this item) | 1 | Not listed | |
 Lost Mail | 1 | 18,000 gold on 83 realms | |
 Telemancy Orbs | 1 | Use: Throw Telemancy Orb | 1 silver on 59 realms |
 Imbued Crystal | 1 | 475 gold on 72 realms | |
 Monstrous Egg | 1 | 500 gold on 76 realms | |
 Mysterious Grimoire | 1 | 500 gold on 72 realms | |
 Ornate Weapon | 1 | 244 gold on 71 realms | |
 A Treatise on Strategy | 1 | 450 gold on 71 realms | |
 Banner of the Fallen | 1 | 225 gold on 70 realms | |
 Captured Insignia | 1 | 100 gold on 71 realms | |
 Fallen Adventurer's Journal | 1 | 100 gold on 75 realms |
The lowest listed price among them is Telemancy Orbs at 1 silver in the US Auction House.
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Other Items Named Exceptional Platinum Shard
1 other item in the current build is also called Exceptional Platinum Shard. Same-name entries are usually a different rank, faction, quest stage or reward track of the same object.
- Exceptional Platinum Shard ID 161078 · Quest "A piece of platinum that is much larger than the pieces you normally harvest."
Items That Share Exceptional Platinum Shard's Icon
Exceptional Platinum Shard uses icon file 961630, which 2 other items also use. The 2 closest by item ID:
- Exceptional Platinum Shard ID 161078 · Quest "A piece of platinum that is much larger than the pieces you normally harvest."
- Thorium Ore Nugget ID 108298 · Trade Goods · item level 35
Items Numbered Next to Exceptional Platinum Shard
Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 161079 (161074 to 161084) were usually added in the same batch as Exceptional Platinum Shard: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Crushproof Vambraces ID 161074 · Armor - Plate · item level 60
Antiseptic Specimen Handlers ID 161075 · Armor - Leather · item level 60
Iron-Grip Specimen Handlers ID 161076 · Armor - Mail · item level 60
Fluid-Resistant Specimen Handlers ID 161077 · Armor - Plate · item level 60- Exceptional Platinum Shard ID 161078 · Quest "A piece of platinum that is much larger than the pieces you normally harvest."
Intact Direhorn Egg ID 161080 · Miscellaneous "Teaches you how to summon and dismiss a Direhorn Hatchling"
Taptaf ID 161081 · Miscellaneous "Teaches you how to summon and dismiss Taptaf."
Platinum Nugget ID 161082 · Quest
Satchel of Plundered Jewels ID 161083 · Miscellaneous
Recovered Stormsong Produce ID 161084 · Miscellaneous
Exceptional Platinum Shard Client Record
The raw ItemSparse values for item 161079 in the current client build.
- Expansion ID
- 7
- Flags
- 65536 / 8192 / 0 / 0 / 0
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
Exceptional Platinum Shard is not traded on the Auction House, so it has no Auction House price. It is acquired in-game from the sources listed above. This page collects its first-party game data (identity, effects and where it comes from) from the official World of Warcraft client build.